Tsunami dike rainwater flooding or the town investigated housing damage Iwate Yamadacho October 15 19:58

In Yamada-cho, Iwate Prefecture, the town started to investigate the damage of the house from the 15th due to the problem that residents pointed out that the levee built after the Great East Japan Earthquake dammed typhoon rainwater and the like, and the house was inundated. .

In the Tanohama area of ​​Funakoshi, Yamada, the typhoon No. 19 hit the water, and about 50 buildings were damaged.

In this area, there is a park for preventing tsunamis with green spaces and embankments of embankments in low-lying areas that were damaged by the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Regarding the inundation damage caused by this typhoon, local residents have pointed out that the embankment has stopped the flowing rainwater.

Among them, the houses facing the embankment were tsunamis that hit the floor at the maximum due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, but in this typhoon, many houses were flooded to the second floor.

A part of the embankment also broke down.

The town has begun investigating housing damage on the 15th, and plans to investigate how the district has been exposed to water.